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June 2009
REAPER the Pilot
This pilot does its job well. It's not as funny as later episodes in both seasons, however, it does have Soc, probably the funniest character to hit our screens in like...forever! Yeah he beats most unfunny characters in any sitcom really but whatever. So it has Soc and it has the bizarre situation. It also has the great Ray Wise playing the devil and he's got his hands full trying to recruit Sam, the slacker who at first thinks he's being hijacked. "I'm not a hijacker, Sam, I'm the devil," Ray says with full mirth in his voice. The tiny dog scene is very funny until Soc whacks it wtih the car door but it survives. I hate animal cruelty of any kind to be honest but whatever.
This Week In Doctor Who (Omnibus) - June 19/20, 2009
This Week In Doctor Who
June 19/20, 2009 - Vol 12, No 25
The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998.
by Benjamin F. Elliott
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Upcoming Premiere Broadcasts:
Sunday 21 June:
BBC Entertainment Poland 7PM and 11:30PM - Daleks In Manhattan, pt 1
Tuesday 23 June:
Happy Anniversary to Us! 24 Years of Time and Space.
It was 24 years ago today, that the Gallifreyan Embassy was founded. It was a different world at that time. The current Doctor was Colin Baker. His stories had just started to make their way to the States. Doctor Who was being shown across the country in the US via local PBS stations. There was no BBC America, no Sci-Fi Channel (or "Syfy"), there wasn't even the World Wide Web then. There were conventions, both dedicated Doctor Who conventions and science fiction conventions with Doctor Who guests and many fans looking to meet and feed their addiction in between cons.
Natalie and Ken
Outside the pub, Natalie sporting her "In Moffat We Trust" shirt with Ken Deep while at the DWNY and Gallifreyan Embassy joint meet up on June 15, 2009 in Manhattan. (Photo by Louis Trapani taken with a 1st gen iPhone)
Read more about the meet up and our 24th anniversary here: Happy Anniversary to Us! 24 Years of Time and Space.
Tara Takes a Knitting Break
For who have the urge to smoke, will step outside to take "a cigarette break" -- for Tara Wheeler, that translates to an urge to knit. Here she is outside the pub at the DWNY and Gallifreyan Embassy joint meet up on June 15, 2009 to take a knitting break. This is how scarves are made. (Photo by Louis Trapani taken with a 1st gen iPhone)
Read more about the meet up and our 24th anniversary here: Happy Anniversary to Us! 24 Years of Time and Space.
Ken, Daphne, and Louis 2009
Ken Deep (left) and Louis Trapani (right) pictured with Daphne Ashbrook (middle) with her DWNY mug in which she was presented with at the DWNY and Gallifreyan Embassy joint meet up on June 15, 2009.
Read more about the meet up and our 24th anniversary here: Happy Anniversary to Us! 24 Years of Time and Space.
Happy Birthday Barnaby
DWNY President, Barnaby is serenaded with Doctor Who: Podshock West Coast Correspondent Joshua Lou Friedman joining in with Daphne Ashbrook singing "Happy Birthday"(it was the night before Barnaby's birthday) at the DWNY and Gallifreyan Embassy joint meet up on June 15, 2009. (Photo by Louis Trapani)
Read more about the meet up and our 24th anniversary here: Happy Anniversary to Us! 24 Years of Time and Space.
Ken and Tara
Ken Deep and Tara Wheeler (sans TARDIS) at the DWNY and Gallifreyan Embassy joint meet up on June 15, 2009. (Photo by Louis Trapani)
Read more about the meet up and our 24th anniversary here: Happy Anniversary to Us! 24 Years of Time and Space.
Andre Tessier and Daphne Ashbrook
(L-R) Andre Tessier (Doctor Who: Podshock listener) and Daphne Ashbrook (Doctor Who 1996 TV movie) at the Gallifreyan Embassy and DWNY Joint Meet Up on June 15, 2009. (Photo by Louis Trapani)
Read more about the meet up and our 24th anniversary here: Happy Anniversary to Us! 24 Years of Time and Space.
Australian Torchwood: Children of Earth Trailer References the Doctor
The latest trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth shown on Australia's UKTV has Gwen Cooper references the Doctor.
On a related note, word now is that the BBC in the UK will be scheduling the transmission of the new five-part mini series, Torchwood: Children of Earth now between the 4th - 10th of July. If this is the case, it goes against the previous information of the BBC and BBC America showing them during the same week.
The Snowmen
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
